Saddhammajotipāla untranslated

Saddhammajotipāla (generally known as Chapaṭa). Pupil of Uttarajīva of Pagan. He went to Ceylon with his teacher, received the higher ordination there, and lived in the Mahā Vihāra for some years. Among his works are the Kaccāyana suttaniddesa, the Saṅkhepavaṇṇanā, the Sīmālaṅkāra, the Vinayagūḷhatthadīpanī, the Nāmācāradīpanī (on ethics), the Ganthisāra (an anthology of texts), and the Mātukatthadīpanī and Paṭṭhānagaṇānaya (both on Abhidhamma topics).

On Chapaṭa’s return to Burma, he brought four companions from Ceylon Rāhula, Ānanda, Sīvali and Tāmalinda – and, with their help, he founded the Sīhalasaṅgha in Pagan, followers of the Mahā Vihāra tradition. King Narapatisithu gave them his patronage, but extended it to other sects as well, and the Sīhalasaṅgha, therefore, remained only as one sect among several in Burma. Chapaṭa lived in the twelfth century. Gv.64, 74; Sās.65, 74; Svd.1247 f,; Bode, 17, 18, 19.